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Holly Williams

BIZARRE: National grid to pay 20m for cumbrian substation licence breach 7f2fd01c 8a0e 466c b2c5 5d8e601f03d8 - What They Never Told You

These breaches by National Grid included failing to properly monitor, maintain, and repair civil assets, or to plan and resource remediation works at the Harker site - (PA Archive)

National Grid has agreed to pay £20 million to the energy watchdog Ofgem after failing to properly repair and maintain a key substation in Cumbria.

Ofgem stated that National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) admitted breaching its licence terms at the Harker substation, near Carlisle, between November 2016 and November 2021.

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